LAist: Lick This: It's National Ice Cream Month!

Melissa 88

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:03:01 -0800

MicroCreameries RULE!! Silky Smooth Ultra Creamery, a hidden gem at the Beverly Center, is the BEST FROZEN DESSERT EVER!!!! www.silkysmoothcreamery.com http://www.yelp.com/search?find_loc=Los+Angeles%2C+CA&cflt=icecream&start=10 http://myfoxla.cityvoter.com/silky-smooth-ultra-creamery/biz/21662

jrb

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:18:47 -0800

Whoa! Mashti Malone's is still there?!?!? Fuckabuncha grammar! Gimme some 'o that rose petal ice!!!

Lindsay William-Ross

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:12:55 -0800

It's considered idiomatic usage, zelzad, and not wholly considered "improper use." From one online dictionary: "—Usage note Although sometimes criticized as redundant on the grounds that “from” is implied by the word whence, the idiom from whence is old in the language, well established, and standard. Among its users are the King James Bible, Shakespeare, Dryden, and Dickens: Hilary finally settled in Paris, from whence she bombarded us with letters, postcards, and sketches. From thence, a parallel construction, occurs infrequently." Since I used it ahead of a sentence that also includes the equally antiquated "thee" one can easily infer that it was being used playfully and deliberately. So, "from whence" shall stand, and I thank thee for thy feedback.

zelad

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:19:24 -0800

The phrase "from whence" is redundant. Whence already means "from where." Nitpicky, I realize, but the little grammar error mars the otherwise lovely and intelligently written article.

thepurplehearted

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:58:13 -0800

Fosselman's is theeeeeeeeee best